Career Counselling

Career Counselling

Presented By: ChrisAfreen

Career CounsellingA process that will help you to know and understand yourself and the world of work in order to make career, educational, and life decisions.

what is counselling ? Counselling can be explained as a process of guiding a person or a group faced with a problem.

Employee Counselling

Organizations that care for their employees are perceived as more meaningful and purposeful.

Importance of counselling Counselling is helpful in following situations where physical medication cannot assure cure.Stress. Deterioration of human relations. Addiction to drugs, alcohol and smoking.Who need help to overcome difficulties Those emotionally affected by major disasters, calamities

counselor?

A counsellor should possess the required competencies. principles for Counselling:People can changeThey can growAccept the person as he isOnce understood ,S/he will attempt to change

Five R of Counselling

Right PurposeRight TimeRight PlaceRight ApproachRight Techniques.

Skills needed for counselling

The following too will be useful in this exercise.Active listeningSilenceResponseQuestionInterpretation.

Need for professionalism in Counselling

Many problems have arisen in the counseling field due to counsellors weaknesses such as:Little or no knowledge of subject/methods of counselling Lack of basic education to understandCounsellors getting involved with the client in undue mannerMaking decisions on behalf of the clientCriticize the behavior of the clientOver talkingActing like a counselor when you are notPrying in to personal life of the clientFailure to keep confidentiality

To be successful in counselling:

a) Counsellor should have adequate data to discuss during counselingb) Counselee should be made to feel totally comfortable during the process of Counseling.c) Counselling should begin with proper explanation of objective of counseling.d) The counselor should have an excellent communication and behavioral skills (including body language).

Ethics in Counselling

ConfidentialityMutual trustReferral in certain casesDebriefing

Career Counselling Competencies

Introduction These competency statements are for those professionals interested and trained in the field of career counselling. Professional competency statements provide guidance for the minimum competencies necessary to perform effectively a particular occupation or job within a particular field. Professional career counsellors (Masters degree or higher) or persons in career development positions must demonstrate :Knowledge and skills for a specialty in career counselling that the generalist counsellor might not possess.Skills and knowledge are represented by designated competency areas, which have been developed byProfessional career counsellors and counsellor educators. The Career Counselling Competency StatementsCan serve as a guide for career counselling training programs or as a checklist for persons wanting toAlso acquire or to enhance their skills in career counselling.

Minimum CompetenciesIndividual and Group Counselling Skills, Individual/Group Assessment, Information/Resources, Program Management and Implementation, Consultation, Diverse Populations, Supervision, Ethical/Legal Issues, Research/Evaluation, and Technology.

These areas are briefly defined as follows:Career Development Theory: Theory base and knowledge considered essential for professionals engaging in career counselling and development.Individual and Group Counselling Skills: Individual and group counselling competencies considered essential for effective career counselling.Individual/Group Assessment: Individual/group assessment skills considered essential for professionals engaging in career counselling. Information/Resources: Information/resource base and knowledge essential for professionals engaging in career counselling.

Professional Preparation

The competency statements were developed to serve as guidelines for persons interested in career development occupations. They are intended for persons training at the Masters level or higher with a specialty in career counseling.

Ethical Responsibilities

Career development professionals must only perform activities for which they "possess or have access to the necessary skills and resources for giving the kind of help that is needed" No person should attempt to use skills(within these competency statements) for which he/she has not been trained.

Career Counseling Competencies and Performance Indicator

Career Development TheoryTheory base and knowledge considered essential for professionals engaging in career counselling and development. Demonstration of knowledge of:1. Counselling theories and associated techniques.2. Theories and models of career development.3. Individual differences related to gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and physical and mental capacities.4. Theoretical models for career development and associated counseling and information-delivery techniques and resources.5. Human growth and development throughout the life span.6. Role relationships which facilitate life-work planning.7. Information, techniques, and models related to career planning and placement

Individual and Group Counseling Skills

Individual and group counselling competencies considered essential to effective career counselling ability to:1. Establish and maintain productive personal relationships with individuals.2. Establish and maintain a productive group climate.3. Collaborate with clients in identifying personal goals.4. Identify and select techniques appropriate to client or group goals and client needs, psychological states,and developmental tasks.5. Identify and understand clients personal characteristics related to career.

Individual/Group Assessment

Individual/group assessment skills considered essential for professionals engaging in career counseling ability to:1. Assess personal characteristics such as aptitude, achievement, interests, values, and personality traits.2. Assess leisure interests, learning style, life roles, self-concept, career maturity, vocational identity, career indecision, work environment preference (e.g., work satisfaction), and other related life style/developmentissues.3. Assess conditions of the work environment (such as tasks, expectations, norms, and qualities of the physical and social settings).4. Evaluate and select valid and reliable instruments appropriate to the clients gender, sexual orientation,race, ethnicity, and physical and mental capacities.5. Use computer-delivered assessment measures effectively and appropriately.

Information/Resources

Information/resource base and knowledge essential for professionals engaging in career counseling knowledge of:1. Education, training, and employment trends; labor market information and resources that provide information about job tasks, functions, salaries, requirements and future outlooks related to broad occupational fields and individual occupations.2. Resources and skills that clients utilize in life-work planning and management.3. Community/professional resources available to assist clients in career planning, including job search.4. Changing roles of women and men and the implications that this has for education, family, and leisure.5. Methods of good use of computer-based career information delivery systems (CIDS) and computerassistedcareer guidance systems (CACGS) to assist with career planning.

Program Promotion, Management, and Implementation

Knowledge and skills necessary to develop, plan, implement, and manage comprehensive career development programs in a variety of settings knowledge of:1. Designs that can be used in the organization of career development programs.2. Needs assessment and evaluation techniques and practices.3. Organizational theories, including diagnosis, behavior, planning, organizational communication, and management useful in implementing and administering career development programs.4. Methods of forecasting, budgeting, planning, costing, policy analysis, resource allocation, and quality control.5. Leadership theories and approaches for evaluation and feedback, organizational change, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

Supervision

Knowledge and skills considered essential in critically evaluating counselor or career development facilitator performance, maintaining and improving professional skills:Ability to recognize own limitations as a career counselor and to seek supervision or refer clients when appropriate.2. Ability to utilize supervision on a regular basis to maintain and improve counselor skills.3. Ability to consult with supervisors and colleagues regarding client and counseling issues and issues related to ones own professional development as a career counselor.4. Knowledge of supervision models and theories.

Ethical/Legal Issues

Information base and knowledge essential for the ethical and legal practice of career counseling knowledge of:1. Adherence to ethical codes and standards relevant to the profession of career counseling 2. Current ethical and legal issues which affect the practice of career counseling with all populations.3. Current ethical/legal issues with regard to the use of computer-assisted career guidance systems.4. Ethical standards relating to consultation issues.5. State and federal statutes relating to client confidentiality.

Research/Evaluation

Knowledge and skills considered essential in understanding and conducting research and evaluation in career counseling and development ability to:1. Write a research proposal.2. Use types of research and research designs appropriate to career counseling and development research.3. Convey research findings related to the effectiveness of career counseling programs.4. Design, conduct, and use the results of evaluation programs.

Technology

Knowledge and skills considered essential in using technology to assist individuals with career planning knowledge of:1. Various computer-based guidance and information systems as well as services available on the Internet.2. Standards by which such systems and services are evaluated (e.g. NCDA and ACSCI).3. Ways in which to use computer-based systems and Internet services to assist individuals with career planning that are consistent with ethical standards.4. Characteristics of clients which make them profit more or less from use of technology-driven systems.5. Methods to evaluate and select a system to meet local needs.

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